The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-09
DURING HOT WEATHER.
BITS OF GOOD ADVICE FROM AN
oBSERvANT PHYSICIAN.
Excess should lie Avoided with Every
Kind of Food-what Not to Drink-
Dress-lscst and Hecreation-About, Sea
BATTLING. ~ ~. W.

In extremely hot weather ii is very i'm
Eprtant what and how much) people eat.
Food that can be easily digested should be
eaten, such rs perfectly ripe fruit, vege-
tables and cereals. Very little meat should
be taken. Animal food is heating ant.
should be INDUCED I'm very moderately.
Indeed, excess should be avoided with
every kind of food. 1t is very hurtful to
throw into the stomach, while eating, a
quantity OF extremely cold fluid, as it
lowers the temperature and hinders diges-
ton. The stomach is at u certain ten,-
peratrrc while performing its functions,
and 1t that temperature is lowered by tho
introduction of the cold fluid. tho process
OF digestion is arrested and the food goes
undigested into the intestinal canal and
causes great distress. Cramps, cholera,
summer complaint, are all induced by
such carclessncss. In cities, where it is
next to impossible to obtain fresh fruit
and vegetables, i! is better for those not
il robust health 10 abstain from eating
these, end in warn weather to I've largely
on cereals and milk.
i do not believe in the use OF alcohol to
any great extent. The first effect is ap-
parcn.ly cooling, hut then comes Il reac-
tiCn, and one becomes warmer and thirst
Ter than ever T::Csc who indulge freely
in alcoholic driuEs in extremely hot
weather arc tempting Providence, and
arc likely to be among the victims of sun
stroke. Drinking largely of ice cold water
is bad; 1t Is better to rinse tho mouth with
cool Water frequently and avoid swallow
ing SO much. OF course every one knows
that keeping in the shade, and in q cool
draught Of air, is conducive to comfort in
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this. Where there are hundreds wEo can |
afford to go away to tic country or the |
seaside and rest, there are thousands who |
have TO stay in the lot city, pursuing |
their work just as usual with, perhaps, a |
couple of weeks vacation. These arc the |
ones vko should lie careful how they live. |
Tie best way to dress is to wear thin |
wooden material next 10 the skim rs little |
outside clothing as possible and that of n |
light color. Dark colors draw the heat |
and light ones repel il. 1t is prudent to |
carry an umbrella or some protection for
the head, at least during the middle of the |
day.
Persons of q full habit are generally |
moro easily affected by the heat than thin |
people, lut this is not an invariable rule.
The brainworker who is thin would be
more likely to suffer from intense warm
weather than the fat laborcr, for the rca-
son that tho active brain is much more
sensitive than the duh one. OF course
the professional man, leading more or
less sedentary life, is not apt to become so
overheated by cxertiOn as ono who works |
with his hands. Nevertheless, when it |
comes to exposure to the direct rays of the
sun, the stolid brain has the best of it.
The artificial life people lead ut most of |
for iyrr r,1p fc not g
rs much benefit as one would think should
be derived from n summer of rest and en-
joymcnt. There are the same pleasures,
the same dissipation that they have had in
the city; only the scene is changed They |
keep late hours and undergo fatigues
which, If encountered in any useful occu-
patton, would be pronounced insupport-
able. Life is thus Slapped instead of
This is what most of the |
resorts Go fer us. What you
want for n real, wholesome recruiting of |
strength lost is n quiet summer in quiet |
place. 1t is not necessary to be buried on
n farm, and yet nothing can be swcetcr or
purer than firm sights, sounds and smells,
where you can have your chosen spot--a
refuge when You are tired of being with
people and long to commune with nature
and to be still.
If it is impossible to go away and stay
for few weeks the short daily trips to
points near at hand arc better than moth
ing. That is all that can be said for
them. The fatigue consequent upon get
ting to any given point and coming home
again largely detracts from any good
which may be obtained. This is especially |
SO in the case of children.
Sea bathing is very good for the major
lily of people. There are some, however,
who should never indulge in it. If the skin
turns purplish color and the teeth chat
ter. and the feeling upon leaving the water
is one of debility rather than exhilara-
ton, it shows that the bather is not bene-
fited.-Dr. Willard Parker in The Epoch.
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